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We have invited Mitchell Hashimoto from HashiCorp to present "Automated Development Environments with Vagrant". Followed by a healthy Q & A.AGENDA7:00 pm: meet, greet & eat 7:15 pm: intros 7:30 pm: main presentation Q&A after the talk TOPICUnfortunately, many developers today still manually set up development environments by hand: manually installing servers, following some unclear README, etc. In this talk, I present Vagrant, a tool for automatically creating development environments, as a way to bring repeatability and stability to your entire team's development environments. The benefits of Vagrant are far reaching, affecting developers, operations, and the overall business.Vagrant is an open source tool that has been around for over 3 years. It is in use by thousands of companies, such as EdgeCast, Expedia, Yammer, Mozilla, BBC, and more.SPEAKERMitchell Hashimoto (http://mitchellh.com) is a developer, entrepreneur, author, and speaker. He is most well known for creating and working on Vagrant, a tool for creating and distributed complete working environments. Mitchell started HashiCorp in 2012 to work on Vagrant full time and to continue to lower the gap between development and production.Mitchell can be found on:Twitter (@mitchellh) (https://twitter.com/mitchellh)LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchellh)Blog (http://mitchellh.com/)GitHub (https://github.com/mitchellh)COMPANYHashiCorp (http://www.hashicorp.com/) is a company dedicated to building the best tools to close the gap between development and production. HashiCorp develops Vagrant (http://www.vagrantup.com/) and is responsible for creating the VMware integration with Vagrant. HashiCorp was founded in 2012 by Mitchell Hashimoto.FOOD & BEVERAGEFood and beverages will be provided, so we don't have to listen to a great talk on an empty stomach :)VENUECross Campus (http://crosscamp.us) is an engine of creativity and innovation, housed at our state of the art 11,000 square foot space at 820 Broadway in the heart of Santa Monica. Our goal is to inspire creative collisions through space design, learning platforms, and extraordinary events, fostering member-driven collaboration that ultimately leads to game changing ideas and enterprises.FILMINGTelevision Four (http://www.linkedin.com/company/tv4-entertainment-inc/), located in the heart of Hollywood, is a broadband television programming and production company. TV4's mission is to feed your passion with great storytelling delivered to any screen, anywhere. TV4 are filming tonight's meetup.CARPOOLIf you need a ride or can offer a ride, please post a comment underneath this meetupPARKINGStreet Parking is usually readily available, most of the meters are free after 6pm. Please check the street signs as some sides of the streets are permit parking only.SOCIAL MEDIAWant to hear about upcoming meetups? Follow us on Twitter!@LAWebSpeed (http://twitter.com/LAWebSpeed) @joedevon (http://twitter.com/joedevon) @olegbaranovsky (http://twitter.com/olegbaranovsky) @ronpeled (http://twitter.com/ronpeled) @caroline_rose9 (http://twitter.com/Caroline_Rose9) LAWebSpeed Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/LAWebSpeed/170426103047997)